Conscription in North Korea
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title:
Conscription in North Korea
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Conscription in North Korea occurs despite ambiguity concerning its legal status. Men are universally conscripted while women undergo selective conscription. Conscription takes place at age 17 and service ends at 30. Children of the political elites are exempt from conscription, as are people with bad songbun. Recruitment is done on the basis of annual targets drawn up by the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea and implemented locally by schools. Conscription first began b
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Compulsory military service in North Korea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_North_Korea
date created:
2017-04-12T06:17:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T07:55:54Z
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